Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 19:42:09 09/23/01
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On September 23, 2001 at 10:30:43, Sonja Tiede wrote: >On September 23, 2001 at 10:21:44, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On September 23, 2001 at 09:04:34, gregory j capace wrote: >> >>>If you have a faster processor, how much strength does this dd to the program ? >>>Does Fritz 6 run any stronger on my 566 mghz, versus a 450 nghz. , like the >>>rating says. How strong would it be on a 1.2 mghz. computer ? >> >> >>Against humans, there is no real data. If you are talking about taking a >>program on an XXX megahertz machine, and playing it against a program on >>a 2*XXX megahertz machine, then the faster machine will be rated about 60 >>points higher, using the typical Elo formula. I don't think that +60 will >>be true for games vs humans, however. It might be 1/2 of that or even less. > > >Take 2 programs, one with 2000 SSDF ELo and one with 2600 SSDF Elo, >assume the 2000 value is true against humans. >Do you really think the other programm has a human-strength of less than 2300 , >since all SSDF elo-values are based on comp-comp matches ? It is certainly possible. But more likely, take a 2500 SSDF program and a 2650 SSDF program and play them against humans, it is likely they will produce similar results...
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